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I BOTTLE STOPPER.

No. 355,642. Patented Jan; 4, 1887.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES DE QUILLFELDT, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-.STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,642, dated January 4, 1887.

Application filed July 14, 1886. Serial No. 207,961. (No modeLl T 0 all whom it may concern: 7

Be it knownthat'I, CHARLES DE QUILL- FELDT, a citizen of the United States and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in BottleStoppers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle-stoppers of that class in which the stopper itself is hollow and provided interiorly with a valve tightening against a seat in the said stopper by the gaseous pressure from a charged beverage in the bottle. In such stoppers the bottles are charged through the valve-opening in the said stopper without taking the stopper out of the bottle-neck, but the stopper (with the valve in it) is removed from the aperturein the bottle-neck when it is desired to pour the liquid out of the bottle.

As a sample of the art previous tothis application I refer to United States Patent No. 123,898. In allsuch stoppers as heretofore constructed there is always a considerable space or hollow left above the valve in which dust, dirt, even dead flies, 860., lodge, which, when the valve gets away from its seat, owing to the cessation of pressure in emptying a bottle, comes farther down into the stopper, and in refilling the bottle (unless special care is taken to clean the stopper) enters into the liquid or beverage.

My present improvement is made for the purpose of overcoming the said objection,and also for producing a stopper of the aforesaid class of much neater and simpler construction than those heretofore made.

The improvement consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as

will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of the bottle-neck provided with my improved stopper, the stopper and a portion of the neck being broken out in central section. Fig. 2 is a detail horizontal section on the line 00 a; of Fig. 1, looking downward, and showing the manner in which the bail is secured to the cap. Figs. 3 and 4 are under side views of the cap or stopper proper by itself, and showing two modifications of the device by which the valve is retained within the stopper. I

A is the cap, preferably made of tin,and secured upon the wire bail G by being cast upon it; The cap has a cylindrical vertical perfothe stopper is screwed home, forms a packing between the cap and the bottle-mouth.

The stopper is permanently attached to the Q bottle-neck by having the lower ends of the bail O bent inward and pivoted to opposite sides of the band D, which is free to slide and turn upon the bottle-neck B.

F is the valve, preferably a ball-valve, of rubber or other elastic material, as shown, though a sliding valve grooved longitudinally on its surface and suitable to close against the valve-seat may also be used.

In casting the cap A the hollow portion a is made cylindrical clear through the cap, so that the opening at the upper end is just as large as its inner diameter; but after the valve F is inserted the upper end is abruptly contracted in dies at m, so as to form a small opening, s, surrounded by a thin edge, whichedge forms a seat for the ball-valve.

To allow the liquid to pass through the stopper and into the bottle, while retaining the valve F within the stopper, the lower end of the lat-ter'is provided with stops, pins, or projections 12, formed in the casting. These may be one or more in number. If only one, it should consist of a bar like that in Fig. 4, which runs diametrically across the lower end of the opening a. If more than one, they should be made as in Fig. 3, in which four of 5 sition on bar b g-say so as to bring its face against one side of the nut or other device to be operated upon, the face of fixed jaw a resting against the other side. Block r is now rocked upon its pivot, so as to engage its toothed cam-face s with the toothed face t of rack-bar g, by which operation movable jaw n will be clamped upon bars b g in a way that will be readily. understood. Now, by turning handle z so as to carry rack-bar 9 forward, or toward the head or fixed jaw a, the two jaws will be caused to grasp the article therebetween with a powerful vise-like grip, and so as to hold it from turning therein.

We are aware of the patent issued to S. Merrick, April 18, 1834, our invention being an improvement on the wrench shown and described in said patent, the advantages secured by our improvement being in the increased power with which the movable jaw can be forced against the fixed jaw by reason of the screw-threaded connection of the rack-bar with the handle proper, and the convenience .or readiness with which this operation may be efl'ected, and the strength of the parts.

Another point in our invention contributing to the firmness and strength of parts, as well alsoas to the truth of their position and move; ments, is the grooved connection of the rackbar with the body-bar and the extension of'the former bar into the head or fixed jaw and for the whole length of the shank of the latter bar.

ble jaw locked to the rack-bar, by turning the handle the jaws may be clamped upon said object with a vise-like grip, as set forth.

2. A wrench comprising a body-bar provided with a fixed jaw at its forward end, an interiorly-screw-threaded handle, 1', adapted to turn on said bar at its rearward end, a movable rack-bar guided on said body-bar and provided at its rear end with an externally-screw threaded sleeve adapted to be engaged by the internal screw-thread of the handle, a movable jaw adapted to slide on said bars, and mechanism,snbstantially as described,for locking said movable jaw to said rack-bar, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the body-bar provided with a fixed jaw, said bar having a V- shaped groove in its upper side or face, a rackbar extending the entire length of the shank of said body-bar and into a hole formed in said fixed jaw, and provided with a rib on its lower side or face corresponding in form to the V- shaped groove formed in the upper face of the body-bar, of a movable jaw adapted to slide on said bars, and mechanism, substantially as described, for locking said movable jaw to said rack-bar and for moving the latter longitudinally on the body-bar, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the body-bar pro. vided with a fixed jaw, of theintcrnally-screwthreaded handle 1', movable rack-bar g, provided with the externallyscrewthreaded sleeve h, nut d, collarj, movable jaw n, notched or toothed cam-dog r, and spring 1;, asset forth;

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 23d day of April, 1886.

CHARLES D. OUTTS. E. EVANS SOATES.

Witnesses:

W. P. PRATT, C. A. ALLEN. 

